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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Mini Quilts - Binding

Yay! I have a finish! Well, two actually. The first being my experimental block, and the second, a Mini quiltlet I stitched yesterday evening, to go in the blank space between the washing line posts on my experimental block!

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To recap, some of you may recall that in March I took part in Jen & Jan's Mini Blog Hop QAL - "Laundry Day", but I didn't quite finish my Mini Quilt!

I hadn't been quilting long, and was nervous that if I rushed to finish I would later be unhappy with my quilting, and the same with the binding!

I've finished many purses and bags in the past with bound tops, but my first experience of a mitred corner was on a pincushion that I made for my favourite needle case - click here.In order to work out how I wanted to quilt my "Laundry Day" block I made a practice block which you can read about here. And as all quilters name their quilts I've now decided this one should be called "Practise makes perfect!"!

Binding, and mitred corners

Although I've seen many tutorials They never really gave me that "lightbulb" moment, and even as I stitched my practice quiltlet I wasn't quite convinced that I was stitching the mitred corners correctly!

Finally ..... on the wall!

Another use for a branch from our old cherry tree!

The triangles on the back are there to hold the cherry branch, for hanging.

I was so pleased with this join! It went
together like clockwork! Really neat!

This was the third project I've made in a row with binding, and I was really pleased with both the speed I was able to bind the Mini quiltlet, and, the actual finish.

I had intended making a tutorial for binding a quilt ..... it took me ages to find a method that worked so well, and then, today, I bought a quilt magazine, and there ..... was a tutorial for binding ..... but it wasn't quite the way I did it, so maybe I might write one for me anyway!

After all ..... I'm bound to forget how I did it if I don't make notes!!!!!

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And just because we were out walking ..... and I couldn't resist taking some pictures of the pretty blossoms, and the lovely blue sky.

Thank you for visiting!

I hope the weather is treating you all well, and that you've had time for some stitching this week!

My mind boggles at even the thought of making such a teeny tiny quilt! Mitered corners elude my best efforts too and obviously I need a whole lot more practice (and taking notes might be a wise thought too!!).

Your Mini Quilt is adorable. Sweet house and the mini quiltet looks perfect hanging on the line. How on earth did you stitch such a tiny quilt?? You have done an amazing job. I too have read many tutorials on binding. Like you I haven't had that light bulb moment. I look forward to seeing your tutorial, Barbara.

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Hi, I'm Barbara. Welcome to my blog. I live on the edge of the North Downs in Surrey, England, with d.h. and our cute, bossy, chatty lady cat.
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